Newcastle United Blog.

In his statement when he took Newcastle United off the market, Mike Ashley said “… he is totally committed to the future success of Newcastle United and will be focussing on gaining promotion back to the Premier League.” Fair enough, but what’s with all this nonsense about giving Hughton a million or two to buy [...]

Mike Ashley could find himself doing a spell of porridge if the investigations by the Serious Fraud Office turn up anything untoward. Acting on a tip-off from JJB Sports, the Office of Fair Trading and the Serious Fraud Office raided Ashley’s Sports Direct offices following allegations of fraud and price-fixing. JJB’s own offices were raided [...]

I’m sort of chuckling even as I write this. I say ‘sort of’, simply because it’s turning more from a chuckle to a kind of hysterical low mewling sound. That’s what this club is doing to me and to others. The fact that the board continue to display such incompetence and such a lack of [...]